BIRTHDAY CANDLES Equity Principal Auditions - Roundabout Theatre Company Auditions

BIRTHDAY CANDLES - NYC EPA

Roundabout Theatre Company

AUDITION DATE

Tue, Sep 17, 2019

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep LORT A+. Salary: $1,592/week

SEEKING

Equity actors for various roles.

Also seeking an Assistant Stage Manager. See separate notice on casting call for submission info.

PREPARATION

Sides from the play will be provided. Bring picture and resume.

LOCATION

Ripley-Grier Studios (305)

305 W 38th St

New York, NY 10018-2902

Studio 207 – Holding Room. Check lobby upon arrival for any changes.

PERSONNEL

Noah Haidle, playwright; Vivienne Benesch, director; Carrie Gardner, casting

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal 3/3/20; First Performance 4/2/20; Opening 4/21/20; Max Run 6/28/20. American Airlines Theatre

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.

An Equity monitor will be provided.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

CAST
ERNESTINE ASHWORTH – Debra Messing

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING. ALL ROLES WILL BE UNDERSTUDIED:
Actors of all ethnicities encouraged to audition

ALICE/MADELINE/ERNIE:
30s. Any ethnicity. Alice - Selfless. Strong. Ernestine’s mother. Madeline - Troubled. Bemused. Beautiful. Erudite. Ernestine and Matt’s daughter. Ernie - Ethereal. Vivacious. She doesn’t walk, she glides. Alex’s daughter.

KENNETH:
Mid-40s – mid-50s. Any ethnicity. Ernestine’s awkward and annoying next door neighbor.

MATT:
Mid-40s – mid-50s. Any ethnicity. Chiseled jawline. A middle linebacker on the high school football team. Ernestine’s boyfriend then husband.

BILLY/JOHN:
30s. Any ethnicity. Billy - Sensitive. An ear for music. Ernestine and Matt’s son. John - A man woken up in the middle of the night.

JOAN/ALEX/BETH:
30s. Any ethnicity. Joan - Anxious. Very anxious. Billy’s wife. Alex - Takes no bullshit. Billy and Joan’s daughter. Beth - John’s domestic partner, she quit smoking 10 years ago and hasn’t been in a good mood since.

THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE CAST BUT WILL BE UNDERSTUDIED. UNDERSTUDY TRACKING TBD.

ERNESTINE ASHWORTH:
Mid-40s – mid-50s. Any ethnicity. Travels from age 7 to 107. In that time she will be a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a mother, a friend, an aunt, a mother-in-law, a widow, a second wife, a grandmother, a great grandmother, and a great great grandmother.

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Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.